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    Default Natural Hone Setup

    I've been mulling over getting an entire lineup of natural stones from an extra coarse to a superfine polisher. There is certainly alot of info on here about all the naturals available, but it is spread to the four winds. I feel it would be good to have the information somewhat more collected. That's where you guys come in. I'm just beginning to get a hold on all these different stones. I'm dividing the stones into some categories where I understand them to be, but please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not very familiar with the Japanese naturals but from what I understand there will be something in almost every category below. Also, help me flesh this list out. It would be great if you guys chimed in about your favorite stone in each category or just some properties of these stones.

    Repair Stones/Metal Movers Note: I have heard that natural bevel setters are slow cutter and generally far inferior to some of the synthetic stuff, but let's include them just to be thorough.
    -Some Japanese natural (I don't know the name, but I'm sure someone can help here)
    -Soft Arkansas Stone

    1-2K Level
    -Japanese Natural(Again help me with the names)
    -Hard Arkansas???

    Sharpening Stones--4-6K
    -Dalmore Blue
    -Tam O Shanter
    -Belgian Blue
    -Surgical Arkansas
    -Japanese Naturals

    Polishers--8K-16K
    -Yellow coticule
    -Escher/Thuringians
    -Translucent Arkansas
    -Water of Ayr
    -Japanese Naturals
    -Chinese 12K

    Superfine Polishers--16K+
    -Maruichi Nakayama
    -Nakyama Asagi
    -Nakayama Karasu

    Again, I'm not stating these classifications as facts because I'm far from sure. Hopefully the elders can correct my mistakes.

    -Hank
    Last edited by Hank Williams; 10-18-2008 at 05:20 PM.
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